One last word of advice: Nintendo will deny warranty if they find a softhack installed (which A9LH is). You can remove A9LH completely by reflashing a backup (like the one you make first in the guide).
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I've heard of temp bans and permanent bans. most people were temp banned if Nintendo detected it they would stop access to the servers for like 2 weeks on that system I believe but if you have multiple detection's I would imagine that Nintendo would perma ban your console or the NNID for that console. I'm not 100% sure tho on that maybe someone else can chime in on that or locate that old thread that was all about people getting banned with public headers and some private etc etc..
not all games have online only for spot pass etc so just turn off wifi when playing the games and you will be okay. you only need a private header if you choose to do anyhting "online" with "insert game name here" ( for example trading pokemon,playing mario kart 7, monster hunter. anything that connects to servers etc. etc.) if you do any of those in parenthesis you will prob see a ban soon if using a "public header" so that's where the private comes into play
you will be safe to do as you said. you can play offline games with sky and the ones you wish to play online you can buy to save you a headache and asking someone for a private header etc you wont be detected. just remember to always be offline with sky.
sidenote: if it helps i've played my sky with games offline without a private header for over a year now and never received a ban. I even took some games online ( mario kart 7) with a private header of course, and still no ban. people that hate on sky is most likely just caused by fanboy-ism the user learns to like that one thing, and that one thing only and shits on all others and pushes the idea that that way is the only way... I love my sky, and have since day one its done what I needed it too. it is always nice to have the flash cart for the simple plug and play feature. and too have access to 2 exploits OOT/ninjhax which will cost a pretty penny for those retail cart any ways.
The bans where from people using public headers on flash carts, not just the sky. Using a private header keeps you safe from that.I've heard of temp bans and permanent bans. most people were temp banned if Nintendo detected it they would stop access to the servers for like 2 weeks on that system I believe but if you have multiple detection's I would imagine that Nintendo would perma ban your console or the NNID for that console. I'm not 100% sure tho on that maybe someone else can chime in on that or locate that old thread that was all about people getting banned with public headers and some private etc etc..
not all games have online only for spot pass etc so just turn off wifi when playing the games and you will be okay. you only need a private header if you choose to do anyhting "online" with "insert game name here" ( for example trading pokemon,playing mario kart 7, monster hunter. anything that connects to servers etc. etc.) if you do any of those in parenthesis you will prob see a ban soon if using a "public header" so that's where the private comes into play
you will be safe to do as you said. you can play offline games with sky and the ones you wish to play online you can buy to save you a headache and asking someone for a private header etc you wont be detected. just remember to always be offline with sky.
sidenote: if it helps i've played my sky with games offline without a private header for over a year now and never received a ban. I even took some games online ( mario kart 7) with a private header of course, and still no ban. people that hate on sky is most likely just caused by fanboy-ism the user learns to like that one thing, and that one thing only and shits on all others and pushes the idea that that way is the only way... I love my sky, and have since day one its done what I needed it too. it is always nice to have the flash cart for the simple plug and play feature. and too have access to 2 exploits OOT/ninjhax which will cost a pretty penny for those retail cart any ways.
I still use mine from time to time too
and I can live without CFW for the time being... my 3ds does all of what i need it to with sky (blue button)( dump games, backup saves, OOT hax, ninjhax, .3ds titles, gateway menu, homebrew launcher, ntr.2.1 the list goes on.)
yea i forgot to mention they only detected the sky with public headers.
I am picking up a brand new N3DS XL black tomorrow at game stop ( they sold out of refurbished) And i will attempt doing A9LH this weekend! I am currently closely going through the guide and I am up to reading part 4 now and it is all making sense. I have not finished it but so far it all seems doable. And will be a lot easier now that I am going through the guide imagining how each step goes, before I even have my console.I've heard of temp bans and permanent bans. most people were temp banned if Nintendo detected it they would stop access to the servers for like 2 weeks on that system I believe but if you have multiple detection's I would imagine that Nintendo would perma ban your console or the NNID for that console. I'm not 100% sure tho on that maybe someone else can chime in on that or locate that old thread that was all about people getting banned with public headers and some private etc etc..
not all games have online only for spot pass etc so just turn off wifi when playing the games and you will be okay. you only need a private header if you choose to do anyhting "online" with "insert game name here" ( for example trading pokemon,playing mario kart 7, monster hunter. anything that connects to servers etc. etc.) if you do any of those in parenthesis you will prob see a ban soon if using a "public header" so that's where the private comes into play
you will be safe to do as you said. you can play offline games with sky and the ones you wish to play online you can buy to save you a headache and asking someone for a private header etc you wont be detected. just remember to always be offline with sky.
sidenote: if it helps i've played my sky with games offline without a private header for over a year now and never received a ban. I even took some games online ( mario kart 7) with a private header of course, and still no ban. people that hate on sky is most likely just caused by fanboy-ism the user learns to like that one thing, and that one thing only and shits on all others and pushes the idea that that way is the only way... I love my sky, and have since day one its done what I needed it too. it is always nice to have the flash cart for the simple plug and play feature. and too have access to 2 exploits OOT/ninjhax which will cost a pretty penny for those retail cart any ways.
P.S. cubic ninja is $30 at a store by my place
edit: will report tomorrow which firmware version my N3DS XL is when i buy it!
I would never use such a thing. It would be trivial for Nintendo to ban people permanently for doing this. They haven't done so yet, but it's too obvious a place for them to start.
And I'd buy the bundle with the Sky because the price of a sky + charger + 32G SD is a lot higher than the difference in the price of the bundle.
SDXC comes exFat, SDHC does not.
Also, guys, please stop suggesting a9lh to newbies, okay? He only actually needs 9.2 with CFW/Menuhax/Emu(or Red)NAND to do all the pirating he wants. If he still wants a9lh later, after he's learned about the system more and understands what he's doing, well, he needs to go to 9.2 with Emu(or Red)NAND first anyway, so the effort wasn't wasted. Honestly, even just downgrading to 9.2 and installing EmuNAND is a big deal for a newbie.
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The guide is noob friendly and the most dangerous part of it is what you suggested. Downgrading to 9.2 from a higher fw. At that point you have no nand backup so if something goes wrong your system is fucked. All the tools in the a9lh guide have been made with noobs and system safety in mind, that's why there is so many checks. If they can follow a guide to get to 9.2 they can follow the one to get a9lh. Do not forget all the bricks when downgrading to 9.2 first came out. No one cares about them anymore because the kinks got worked out of the tools and they were made to be safer. It's the same with a9lh, in the beginning there was a lot that could fuck up. Now there isn't because tools have been made and tested to make the process safe.
Yeah, that's what I said. It's great to have as a bonus when you already have a CFW (or when you plan on getting a CFW) but alone without any plans on getting a CFW it's stupid.
(lol gbatemp, I just sleep 7 hours and I'm 2 pages late...).
I've use my sky3ds plus to exploit a lot of my friends systems. It's quite useful to get cubic ninja on it. It was actually given to me as a gift in exchange for exploiting my friend's 3ds, as they were too afraid (or lazy) to follow the guides out there. Though the guide is pretty safe if you follow the instructions completely and don't deviate or skip them. If you're more experienced and know what everything does, then yeah you can skip around, but for newbies, just follow the guide.
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You dummass you have a higher chance of getting banned using sky3ds than a9lh+cfw+cias. Just give up sky3ds is just a messBut can you play ONLINE with A9LH?
@kofman13 With "Sky3DS blue" you can play "Xenoblade Chronicles 3D" and newer games
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Thats thr only real and acceptable use of that crappy overpriced mess
You can go online with a9lh+cfw without issue, just like you can with *hax+cfw. With cfw you don't need headers. Also with cfw you don't have to worry about new ap checks and having to buy a new flash cart because of them.But can you play ONLINE with A9LH?
@kofman13 With "Sky3DS blue" you can play "Xenoblade Chronicles 3D" and newer games
Just to make sure, when you say "CFW" does that mean any custom firmware or just CakesFW, because in the updated guide, Cakes is discontinued and Plaitec recommends and uses Luma3DS in the guide
By the way, I would buy this no matter what: Even if you didn't need CN, it sells online for $70!
(Although I would personally hold onto it, because it's useful when helping out other friends (unless you have Ocarina of Time already)
yeah def gonna cop that this weekend
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excited to embark on this journey, i need a good/fast micro sd reader now, can you guys recommend a good brand? should be USB 3.0 right? i Heard Anker is great for readers too
I only really like Anker USB because it's compatible with hardmods... Otherwise, get anything with a fast write speed, so you can transfer large roms/nand backups quickly.
As far as the SD goes, I think this is the cheapest/best solution: http://www.amazon.com/PNY-128GB-Mic...e=UTF8&qid=1461475092&sr=8-1&keywords=pny+128
8gb or higher is highly recommended, 64gb might cause you to install too many games and never play them, 128gb can give you slower boot times with a9lh installed, and class-10 write speed is pretty good. Keep in mind that N3DS can only use microSD, while O3ds can use both a large sd and a microsd-to-large-sd adaptor
